Profit and Loss Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: A person sold a horse with a profit of 15 percent. If he had bought it for 25 percent less and sold it for less than 60 rupees, he would have gained 32 percent. The purchase price of the horse was.
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- 2Rs.372false
- 3Rs.375true
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Answer : 3. "Rs.375"
Q: The difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 15% and at a profit of 10% is Rs.10. The cost price of the article is -
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- 2Rs.200true
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Answer : 2. "Rs.200"
Q: By selling a bicycle for Rs. 2,850 a shopkeeper gain 14%. If the profit is reduced to 8 %, then the selling price will be
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5efd36d27228dd6b06e2843f- 1Rs. 2,800false
- 2Rs. 3,000false
- 3Rs. 2,600false
- 4Rs. 2,700true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 2,700 "
Q: A seller gives 15% discount on an item, if he marked up the price of item 40% above C.P and while selling he cheats the buyer by giving 10% less in weight. Find this overall profit percent (approximately).
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Answer : 1. "32%"
Q: A book seller sells a book at a profit of 10 %. If he had bought it at 4 % less and sold it for Rs. 6 more. he would have gained $$18{3\over4}\%$$. The cost price of the book is
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5efc73df196e681f76ead763- 1Rs . 150true
- 2Rs . 160false
- 3Rs. 130false
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Answer : 1. "Rs . 150 "
Q: On selling an article for Rs.240, a trader loss of 10%.In order to gain 10%, he must sell that article for -
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6024eaee835ee17373904d25- 1Rs.267.50false
- 2Rs.290.80false
- 3Rs.293.32true
- 4Rs.296.84false
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Answer : 3. "Rs.293.32"
Q: The price of jewelry , passing through three hands. rises on the whole by 65 %. If the first and the second sellers earned 20 % and 25 % profit respectively, the profit earned by the third seller is
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Answer : 1. "10% "
Q: A man purchased a bedsheet for₹ 450 and sold it at a gain of 10% calculated on the selling price. The selling price of the bedsheet was
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6246cb1d9809e154c705035f- 1₹ 480false
- 2₹500true
- 3₹ 460false
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Answer : 2. "₹500"
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